I’m Sandy Denn and I farm rice with my husband, Wally, near Willows, California. I’m third-generation on this property raising rice and my son’s coming along to be the fourth generation.

The 3rd Annual California Water Series will be presented from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on October 10 at the McConnell Foundation’s Lema Ranch Headquarters at 800 Shasta View Drive in Redding. The programs are followed by catered hors d’oeuvres. The Series is a public education forum presented by several north-state partners including: Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation … Continue reading “California Water Series”

Audubon California’s Working Lands Program recently established our Working Waterways Initiative, the goal of which is to increase habitat along agricultural water delivery and tailwater systems up and down the Central Valley. This initiative grows out of our Landowner Stewardship Program’s fifteen years of working with farmers and ranchers to develop habitat on their properties.

With all the attention and debate swirling around the water and political landscape in California, policy leaders should better understand the Sacramento Valley and the central role that water serves in shaping our special region. As a life-long resident of this region, I have spent my entire life gaining a deeper appreciation for the way our land and water resources work together to make the Sacramento Valley a truly unique and essential part of California.